mediocrity

/ˌmiːdiˈɒkrəti/

意味: 平凡、凡人

例文: Chair-kun spoke against mediocrity.
　　  チェア君が凡庸さを批判した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: achieve mediocrity(平凡に達する), accept mediocrity(平凡を受け入れる), rise above mediocrity(平凡を超える)

定義: 平凡さ、普通で特に優れていないこと、特別ではない状態を指します。何かが特に良くも悪くもない、平均的な状態を表します。

mediocrityは約800,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
Noun: a person of second-rate ability or value

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

He fears a life of mediocrity and strives for greatness.(彼は平凡な人生を恐れ、偉大さを目指している。)
Mediocrity often results from a lack of motivation and effort.(平凡さはしばしばやる気と努力の欠如から生まれる。)
She refuses to accept mediocrity in her work or life.(彼女は仕事や人生で平凡を受け入れない。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: a team of aging second-raters
Noun: shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): averageness, mediocrity, second-rater

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): ordinariness, person

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abator, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, achiever, acquaintance, acquirer, active, actor, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adult, adventurer, adversary, advisee, advocate, affiant, african, agnostic, amateur, amerindian, ancient, anomaly, anti, anti-american, applicant, appointee, appreciator, apprehender, aquarius, archaist, aries, arrogator, assessee, asthmatic, authority, autodidact, averageness, baby boomer, baby buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, balker, bather, beard, bedfellow, bereaved, best, birth, biter, black, blogger, blond, bluecoat, bodybuilder, bomber, brunet, bullfighter, buster, cancer, candidate, capitalist, capricorn, captor, case, cashier, celebrant, censor, chameleon, changer, charmer, child, chutzpanik, closer, clumsy person, collector, color-blind person, combatant, commoner, commonness, communicator, complexifier, compulsive, computer user, contemplative, contestant, convert, copycat, counter, counterterrorist, coward, crawler, creator, creature, creditor, cripple, dancer, dead person, deaf person, debaser, debtor, defecator, delayer, deliverer, demander, dieter, differentiator, disentangler, disputant, dissenter, divider, domestic partner, double, dresser, dribbler, drug user, dyslectic, ectomorph, effecter, elizabethan, emotional person, endomorph, engineer, enjoyer, enrollee, entertainer, ethnic, expectedness, experimenter, expert, explorer, extrovert, face, faddist, faller, fastener, female, fiduciary, first-rater, follower, free agent, friend, fugitive, gainer, gambler, gatekeeper, gatherer, gemini, gentile, good guy, good person, granter, greeter, grinner, groaner, grunter, guesser, handicapped person, hater, heterosexual, homosexual, homunculus, hope, hoper, huddler, hugger, immune, individualist, inhabitant, innocent, insured, intellectual, interpreter, introvert, jat, jew, jewel, jumper, junior, juvenile, killer, kink, kneeler, knocker, knower, large person, latin, laugher, leader, learner, left-hander, leo, libra, life, lightning rod, linguist, literate, liver, longer, loose cannon, loved one, lover, machine, mailer, malcontent, male, man, man jack, manipulator, married, masturbator, measurer, mesomorph, mestizo, middlebrow, miracle man, misogamist, mixed-blood, modern, money handler, monolingual, mother hen, mouse, mutilator, namer, namesake, national, native, neglecter, neighbor, neutral, nondescript, nonmember, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonperson, nonreligious person, nonresident, nonsmoker, nonworker, nude, nurser, occultist, optimist, orphan, ostrich, ouster, outcaste, outdoorsman, owner, pamperer, pansexual, pardoner, partner, party, passer, peer, perceiver, percher, person of color, personage, personification, perspirer, philosopher, picker, pisces, pisser, planner, player, posturer, powderer, precursor, preserver, primitive, propositus, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quarter, quitter, radical, realist, rectifier, redhead, registrant, relative, reliever, religious person, repeater, rescuer, rester, restrainer, revenant, rich person, right-hander, riser, romper, roundhead, ruler, rusher, sagittarius, scientist, scorpio, scratcher, second-rater, seeder, seeker, segregate, self, sensualist, sentimentalist, sex object, sex symbol, shaker, showman, signer, simpleton, six-footer, skidder, slav, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, small person, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, snuffer, snuffler, socializer, sort, sounding board, sphinx, spitter, sport, sprawler, spurner, squinter, stifler, stigmatic, stooper, stranger, struggler, subject, supernumerary, surrenderer, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, tapper, taurus, tempter, termer, terror, testator, thin person, third-rater, thrower, tiger, totemist, toucher, transfer, transsexual, transvestite, traveler, trier, turner, tyrant, undoer, unfortunate, unskilled person, unwelcome person, user, vanisher, victim, victorian, virgo, visionary, visually impaired person, waiter, waker, walk-in, wanter, ward, warrior, watcher, weakling, weasel, white, wiggler, winker, withholder, witness, worker, worldling, yawner

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語):

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: average, mediocre

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ity

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative